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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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